---
name: "Book Burning"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "JUD"
set_name: "Judgment"
collector_number: "80"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Dave Dorman"
oracle_id: "644a8946-4890-4c2b-978f-02eedc95b5ad"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/book-burning-jud"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Book Burning
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Mill

## Oracle Text
Any player may have Book Burning deal 6 damage to them. If no one does, target player mills six cards.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Heretic's Punishment](/printing/heretics-punishment-isd.md) — Enchantment
2. [Liliana's Indignation](/printing/lilianas-indignation-soi.md) — Sorcery
3. [Traumatize](/printing/traumatize-9ed.md) — Sorcery
4. [Kindle the Carnage](/printing/kindle-the-carnage-dis.md) — Sorcery
5. [Tome Scour](/printing/tome-scour-m11.md) — Sorcery
6. [Skullscorch](/printing/skullscorch-tor.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Judgment (JUD) #80
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Dave Dorman
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`